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Most of the power of this scrupulously honest memorial isn't in the talk; it's in the terror and the foreignness - the far-from-home-ness - of the imagery. Directed by John Irvin, the film has great decency; it joins together terror and thoughtfulness.

Its battle scenes have a raw, gritty power that's closer to an actual documentary than any other Vietnam movie (the director, John Irvin, is an Englishman with an extensive background in documentaries, including ones about Vietnam). But its uncompromising indictment of the antiwar movement back home is much too simplistic and undercuts the film's tremendous momentum as a record of the combat soldiers' hellish ordeal. [14 Sept 1987, p.83]

Since it was made around the time that Platoon and Full Metal Jacket were made, Hamburger Hill got buried between the two. It's a really under-appreciated movie that does everything well enough. There's some good character building, a great cast and it came off as rather realistic. My onlySince it was made around the time that Platoon and Full Metal Jacket were made, Hamburger Hill got buried between the two. It's a really under-appreciated movie that does everything well enough. There's some good character building, a great cast and it came off as rather realistic. My only issue is that there was a kind of disconnect where you didn't really care much about the characters or what they were going through. And that, I feel, is something that prevents it from being anything better than a good movie.…Expand